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Golden lion tamarins (金头狮狨) are part of the monkey family.These small creatures live in thick forests in Brazil，South America.They travel in small groups in search of food.They hide and sleep in the hollow (洞) of a tree.They take very good care of their babies.Even the male tamarin takes a strong interest in feeding and raising the young ones.Unfortunately，the forests in which they live are being cut down for farming and they are also caught and sold as pets.There are only about one hundred tamarins left.
The European otter(水獭)lives all around Europe.It has soft，brown fur on its body.It is almost 75cm long.Its tail is half as long as its body.Its head is flat and broad.It has small and round ears.It can close its ears and nostrils(鼻孔) when it dives in the water.It has short，strong legs with web bed feet.Loss of habitat is a threat to the European otter.It is also hunted for its fur.
Orangutan(猩猩) is a longarmed，redfurred animal that lives in the warm，wet forests on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra in Southeast Asia.It looks like a man in many ways.So it is named orangutan，which means “man of the woods”．Orangutans are in danger only because of people.People are cutting down the forests where they live and hunting orangutans.The hunters kill the mothers and sell the babies to zoos.But most babies die because the hunters don't know how to take care of them.
Giant pandas live in the forests of China and they are in danger.They eat only one kind of food—bamboo shoots(竹笋)．But there are not always enough bamboo plants to be found.Every hundred years the bamboo plants produce seeds and die.It then takes several years for the seeds to grow.By the time the plants are big enough to eat，many giant pandas have already died of hunger.
【语篇解读】 本文向我们介绍了世界上四种濒临灭绝的野生动物。
1．What do we learn about golden lion tamarins?
A．They usually search for food alone.
B．Males seldom look after the young.
C．They are hardly seen when they are asleep.
D．They can be easily seen because they are big.
C [推理判断题。根据第一段的“They hide and sleep in the hollow(洞) of a tree.”可推断金头狮狨睡觉的时候不容易被发现。]
2．European otters are hunted mainly because ．
A．people like keeping them as pets
B．hunters want their meat
C．zoos want to keep them
D．they have valuable fur
D [细节理解题。根据第二段的“It is also hunted for its fur.”可知欧洲水獭被猎人捕杀是因为它们的皮毛很值钱。]
3．What is the biggest threat to giant pandas in China?
A．They have only one choice of food.
B．Hunters don't know how to look after the babies.
C．They cannot move fast to look for food.
D．The forests where they live are being cut down.
A [细节理解题。根据第四段的“They eat only one kind of food—bamboo shoots(竹笋)．But there are not always enough bamboo plants to be found.”可知对大熊猫的威胁主要是它们只吃一种食物，没有别的选择。]
4．The four paragraphs above are most probably taken from an article about ．
A．things we can do to protect wild animals
B．the effect of human activities on nature
C．the living habits of some wild animals
D．endangered animals in the wild
D [主旨大意题。通读全文，可知这四种动物都是濒临灭绝的动物，故可推断以上几段来源于一篇关于濒临灭绝的动物的文章。]
